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Yuehwern Yih

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1987
Scheduling and Optimization AlgorithmsAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics OptimizationHealthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationManufacturing Process and OptimizationAssembly Line Balancing Optimization

Publications

234

Citations

3,991

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1987

Research summary
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Yuehwern Yih works on applying industrial engineering and data-driven methods to complex systems, especially healthcare operations, manufacturing/remanufacturing, and disaster or epidemic response planning. Her work often combines simulation, scheduling optimization, and machine learning to improve decision-making in areas like hospital readmissions, outpatient clinic access, disaster shelter networks, and electric vehicle remanufacturing systems. She also has a line of work on research translation and academic-practitioner collaboration in international development contexts.

Healthcare operations and scheduling optimizationManufacturing and remanufacturing system designSimulation and predictive modeling for hospitalsEpidemic and disaster response modelingResearch translation and international development collaboration

Publication output has been relatively steady but shows a gradual decline over the last decade, dropping from around 9-13 papers per year (2017-2022) to roughly 4-6 papers per year in recent years (2023-2026).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
2017: 9 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 13 publications13202021: 6 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Procedia CIRP×4
  • Journal of Manufacturing Systems×3
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling×2
  • Healthcare Analytics×2
  • Journal of Medical Systems×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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